1. We're finally over the terrible sickness in our house - everyone feels better!
2. Laura and I escaped on Friday night...Dinner at the Palm, a show at TPAC, and a luxury suite at the Hilton.  Happy Belated Birthday baby!
3. The Predators continue to stalk an NHL playoff birth.  I haven't given up yet.  Nice OT win on Saturday!
4. I started a 24-week running program.  It felt good to run a little...like I accomplished something!
5. A relaxing Sunday afternoon!

1. Being out of town and working with someone else (I didn't get to control my own schedule and activities...ugh).
2. William had lice.  We've had to treat him 2 times.  Not very pleasant.
3. Having to work in the evenings...at least I got to watch LOST.
4. I started a 24-week running program.  Oh, how my legs ache!
5. The harsh reality of cold weather settling back in after a nice early Feburary warm-up.

1 Thessalonians 4:11-12

"Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business and to work with your hands, just as we told you, so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders and so that you will not be dependent on anybody."

From the Apostle Paul...what a great encouragement.  At once, it encourages responsibility, capitalism, and living an honorable life as a testimony.  Too many Christians are taught, or end up believing, that a quiet and "normal" life is somehow inadequate.  I can't tell you how many believers I meet who are frustrated in their search for some kind of significance or noticeable impact on the world for the cause of Christ.

I'm not holding that this verse gives us a pass from making an impact on the world around us.  What this passage is saying is that us living a good, solid life CAN make an impact.  This gives me a great deal of peace in knowing that I can walk through my relatively common daily life and not need to be looking around for something more or better all the time!

 
What I'm Reading Today:

• Right Now -  "A Prayer for Owen Meany" - John Irving
• Just Finished - "Pocket Water" - William G. Tapply  
• Next in Line - "Robinson Crusoe" - Daniel Defoe